| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world & India |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2023 |
| Physical desc. |
247 pages ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
25/10/2023 |
| References to CB manuscripts: p. [18], lot 8 ('Other sections of this work can be found in the Chester Beatty Library' [Ar 3353]); p. 32, lot 15 ('Other leaves from the same Qur'an...Chester Beatty Library...' [Is 1609]); p. [76], lot 47 (earlier works by same artist in the Chester Beatty [In 16, f. 19a and In 60.4]); p. 82, lot 49 (folio from an album 'which was possibly assembled by the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja al-Daula, around 1770. Some paintings from the album bear the seal of Sir Elijah Impey. [...]. Further folios from the album were in the Pozzi Collection in Paris. [...] There are eighteen folios in the Chester Beatty Library']). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 25 October 2023, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 3353 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Islamic art -- Catalogs |
| Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
| Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
| Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
| Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
| Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
| Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
